Xia Miaoyuan was completely focused on guessing what the Queen was going to do. When the nanny helped her practice walking, she was absent-minded and fell several times.
"Miao'er, let's go out of the palace for an autumn outing in a few days. Are you happy?" When the queen saw her fall again, she hurried over and picked her up.
[Wow! It's an autumn outing outside the palace! That's awesome!]
Xia Miaoyuan didn't care about the pain in the fat boy's leg from the fall and immediately became excited.
Three days later, the Queen, the Second Prince, and Xia Miaoyuan set off in a carriage.
The three of them deliberately dressed up as ordinary people, and even the carriages were of ordinary folk style.
They were accompanied by only seven or eight personal servants. The one hundred secret guards sent by Xia Zhengqi were divided into several groups, dressed as ordinary people, guarding them from the front and back.
Lingyun Peak, where they were going, was located in Wenzhou, 900 li from the capital. Even if the carriage traveled non-stop from morning till night, it would take three or four days.
It was indeed a bit difficult for Xia Miaoyuan, a little girl who was less than one year old, to travel long distances in a carriage, and the queens naturally knew this.
However, considering the overall situation, it is also a helpless move.
But ever since the carriage left the palace, Xia Miaoyuan was full of energy all the way, either chattering or leaning against the window to look at the scenery. The queen finally let go of her worries when she saw that her daughter was not tired at all.
[Wow! It smells so good! What is it?]
Xia Miaoyuan was leaning against the car window to look at the scenery, but suddenly she smelled a refreshing fragrance.
They had been walking for half a day at this time, and both sides of the official road were filled with farmland, crops, or woods.
The second prince heard his sister's thoughts and also looked over.
I saw a large osmanthus forest in front of me.
It is already late autumn now, and on the osmanthus trees, clusters of light yellow or pure white osmanthus flowers are in full bloom.
"It's an osmanthus forest, mother, Miao'er, there is such a large osmanthus forest ahead!" said the second prince happily.
“It turns out to be the fragrance of osmanthus!” Xia Miaoyuan cheered in her heart.
"Fa...fa...mama" Xia Miaoyuan squeezed out a few sounds with great effort.
"Miao'er, do you want the flowers on the tree?" The queen looked at her daughter lovingly.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Xia Miaoyuan nodded vigorously.
[Let’s go see the osmanthus flowers, pick them, I want flowers, mother!]
"Stop the car!" the Queen ordered.
The queen held Xia Miaoyuan in her arms and strolled in the dense osmanthus forest. Smelling the refreshing osmanthus fragrance, Xia Miaoyuan excitedly waved her little hands and babbled.
Xia Miaoyuan couldn't help but stretch out her little hand, grabbed the osmanthus flowers on the tree and pulled them down.
"Miao'er, no. This osmanthus forest must have an owner. We have to ask the owner before we pick the flowers."
"Where did this thief come from?!" a voice came over.
I saw a little old man walking over.
"Old man, we are passers-by. We saw that the osmanthus forest was strange, so we came down to take a look." The second prince explained with a smile.
[So it already has an owner? Then I can’t pick it!] Xia Miaoyuan let go, feeling a little disappointed.
"Uncle, can we buy some osmanthus flowers?" asked the queen.
"Of course, I planted these osmanthus flowers just to sell them," the old man replied.
The queen took out a piece of silver from her purse and handed it to the old man.
"Wow, this is more than five taels, right?!" The old man put the silver to his mouth and took a bite in surprise.
"My dear, you can pick as many as you want!"
When the attendant heard the old man say to pick as many as he wanted, he immediately took a cloth bag from the car with a wink, and the queen happily picked osmanthus flowers with her son and daughter.
Sang Qi and Yingxue also came to help.
[Hahaha, this is so fun! I pick, pick, pick!]
[Pick more! You must get your money back! If you don't pick more, you'll lose out!]
Xia Miaoyuan sat on the second prince's shoulders, her two little hands busy.
The queen couldn't help laughing as she picked osmanthus flowers and listened to her daughter's thoughts.
In less than half an hour, the five people picked three bags full of osmanthus flowers.
The queen had the cloth bag placed on the roof of the car to dry, and then continued on her way.
"When we get back, your mother will use the osmanthus flowers you picked to make you osmanthus cake, okay?" The queen smiled happily and hugged her daughter in her arms.
Ever since she entered the palace more than ten years ago, she has never felt as comfortable and happy as she does today.
"We can also dry the osmanthus flowers and make them into sachets, osmanthus oil to apply to your hair, and osmanthus powder to apply on you to make you smell good..."
The queen muttered to herself while rubbing her daughter's chubby little face with the tip of her nose, making Xia Miaoyuan giggle.
Along the way, the mother and her two children stopped and walked, visited the mountains and rivers, and fully enjoyed the freedom outside the palace.
On the morning of the third day, their carriage had just traveled more than ten miles when they heard a commotion coming from the front.
Xia Miaoyuan had just finished her milk and was feeling sleepy, but when she heard the noise, she immediately woke up.
[Hey! There's a melon!]
She broke free from the Second Prince's embrace, leaned against the car window, looked out, and listened carefully.
"I told you to run! I told you to run!"
Several people, both men and women, were cursing viciously.
"Stop hitting me! Please!"
A young man's voice was pleading miserably, with occasional screams mixed in with his pleading.
[Oh no! Someone's been beaten up! ]
Xia Miaoyuan exclaimed.
She looked at the queen eagerly, as if expecting her to speak so that she could go over and take a look.
"Go and see if someone is committing a crime!" The queen lifted the curtain of the carriage and instructed Sang Qi.
Sangqi and several other guards rode horses along the way, guarding the carriage. She nodded to the queen, immediately squeezed the horse's belly, and ran forward.
In just a cup of tea, Sang Qi came back on horseback.
"My lady, there are seven or eight people beating a young man on the roadside." Sang Qi reported.
"In broad daylight, are you gathering all the people? Is there any law in this world?" The second prince frowned.
"Let's go and take a look!" ordered the Queen.
The driver spurred his horse to a gallop, and the two carriages drove away from the scene of the fight in the blink of an eye.
Xia Miaoyuan leaned over to observe and saw several people dressed as ordinary people surrounding and beating a man.
"All of you troublemakers, stop it right there! We've already reported it to the authorities, and the bailiffs will be here soon!"
The second prince jumped off the carriage and started threatening and scolding several people.
It's true, this trick is quite effective, and several people stopped.
The beaten young man struggled to stand up, his eyes fixed on the second prince.
"Help! Help me! I'm almost beaten to death by them." The young man shouted in a hoarse voice as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.
"Shut up!" A big man glared at the young man fiercely, stretched out his dark and rough hand and covered the young man's mouth.
"You misunderstood, you misunderstood. We are just disciplining our own children." A middle-aged woman in coarse clothes explained with a smile.
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